A Socialist History of the French Revolution - Softcover

Jaurès, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0745342191 ISBN 13: 9780745342191

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2022

Synopsis

'Tantalizing prose' - TLS Jean Jaurès was the celebrated French Socialist Party leader, assassinated in 1914 for trying to use diplomacy and industrial action to prevent the outbreak of war. Published just a few years before his death, his magisterial A Socialist History of the French Revolution has endured for over a century as one of the most influential accounts of the French Revolution ever to be published. Written in the midst of his activities as leader of the Socialist Party and editor of its newspaper, L'Humanité, Jaurès intended the book to serve as both a guide and an inspiration to political activity; even now it can serve to do just that. Jaurès's verve, originality and willingness to criticise all players in this epic drama make this a truly moving addition to the shelf of great books on the French Revolution. Now available for the first time in paperback, Mitchell Abidor’s abridged translation of Jaurès's original six volumes makes this exceptional work truly accessible to an Anglophone audience.

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About the Author

Jean Jaures (1859-1914) was the leader of the French Socialist Party, which opposed Jules Guesde's revolutionary Socialist Party of France. An antimilitarist, Jaures was assassinated at the outbreak of World War I, and remains one of the main inspirations to the French left. His defining work was 'A Socialist History of the French Revolution'. -- Mitchell Abidor is a writer and translator living in Brooklyn, USA. Amongst his many works, he is the author of 'May Made Me'.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2022
• ISBN 10: 0745342191
• ISBN 13: 9780745342191
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 288